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Music Publishers Sue Cox Communications Over Piracy

Posted by timothy on from the you-must-crack-the-whip dept.

wabrandsma (2551008) writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: BMG Rights Management and Round Hill Music have sued Cox Communications for copyright infringement, arguing that the Internet service provider doesn't do enough to punish those who download music illegally. Both BMG and Round Hill are clients of Rightscorp, a copyright enforcement agent whose business is based on threatening ISPs with a high-stakes lawsuit if they don't forward settlement notices to users that Rightscorp believes are "repeat infringers" of copyright. In their complaint (PDF), the music publishers also decided to publicly post IP addresses.

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  1. Re: I wonder.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you are not Bennett Haselton, the frequently contributing frequent contributor, then I will not take your opinion into consideration.

  2. Re:The real reason? by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 1, Troll

    WTF are you going on about? Seriously?

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  3. fascists by harvey+the+nerd · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes the US govt-corp partnership is active stripping rights and attacking everybody in sight with their hyperinflated monopoly privileges. China is looking relatively better all the time.